🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

礼堂

Pronunciation / Transliteration: lǐ táng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Auditorium/ˌɔː.dɪˈtɔː.ri.əm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"全校师生在礼堂里听讲座。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A large building or hall where public meetings, speeches, concerts, or theatrical performances are held.

    "The school orchestra performed its annual spring concert in the main auditorium."
  2. 2

    The part of a theatre, concert hall, or other public building in which the audience sits.

    "The lights in the auditorium dimmed to signal that the play was about to begin."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin auditorium, meaning 'a place for hearing', stemming from auditor ('a hearer') and audire ('to hear'). It entered English in the early 19th century, initially referring to the part of a theatre where the audience sits, later expanding to mean any large building or room for public gatherings, speeches, and performances.

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